The Kia Sidewinder was a concept car for the Design Challenge competition in 2006 Los Angeles Motor Show. http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/10/25-la-show-design-challenge-entries/ http://www.laautoshow.com/DesignChallenge Designed at the Kia America Design Center by Marc Mainville, the Kia Sidewinder concept was meant to be an environmentally friendly vehicle.
This Kia is a two-seat, lean, mean, drifting machine! The Sidewinder’s power comes from a compressed natural gas turbine, which feeds electricity to a series of in-wheel, high torque, electric motors. This environmentally-responsible vehicle would surely grab the most attention while carving lines sideways through the race course. Kia chose drift racing as its theme for the “LA Adventure,” because Los Angeles was the scene of the first officially-sanctioned American drifting event.